Iraq's army and allied paramilitary forces massed around Ramadi yesterday, looking for swift action to recapture the city from the Islamic State group before it builds up defences.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen yesterday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid.

Shia militias converged on Ramadi yesterday in a bid to recapture it from jihadists who dealt the Iraqi government a stinging blow by overrunning the city in a deadly three-day blitz.

A UN envoy called for an extension of a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen due to expire yesterday as the Huthi Shia rebels boycotted

ISIS militants are posing as refugees and being smuggled into Europe across the Mediterranean, it has been reported. Islamic State fighters are taking advantage of the current migrant crisis in the Mediterranean by joining overfilled boats leaving northern Africa for Europe, according to government advisor Abdul Basit Haroun.

The United States yesterday voiced alarm at death sentences handed to Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and dozens of

Pope Francis described Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as an 'angel of peace' before he canonised two 19th century nuns in hopes

Three people including a British national working with the European Union police were killed yesterday when a Taliban attacker rammed

Syrian troops pushed Islamic State group jihadists back from the ancient city of Palmyra yesterday, easing fears over the world heritage site, after fighting that left hundreds dead.

Jeb Bush was left grasping for a response when a student challenged him during a meeting by declaring: “Your brother created Isis”.

Aid agencies began delivering help to desperate civilians yesterday as a temporary ceasefire took hold in Yemen after nearly seven weeks of Saudi-led air strikes against Iran-backed rebels.

The second-in-command of Islamic State (ISIS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defence said yesterday.

An Isis terrorist group forced a sex slave to undergo surgery to restore her virginity every time she was married to 20 fighters, a United

Efforts for a ceasefire in Yemen after more than six weeks of Saudi-led air strikes gathered pace yesterday with rebels saying they

An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Cairo to Abu Dhabi was diverted yesterday to a military base in the United Arab Emirates due to a

Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of parliament on Friday in the semi-autonomous northern

An Egyptian court sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison yesterday after a retrial for

Six guards and 30 detainees were killed in a prison break north of the Iraqi capital during which 40 inmates escaped, an interior ministry

Saudi Arabia yesterday proposed a five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, and the United States called on Iran-backed Huthi rebels to accept the offer.

Yemen urges the UN to authorise use of foreign ground forces to drive back Houthi rebels, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz.